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president obama has been forced to respond. and russian president vladimir putin is maybe trying to cut a deal with snowden as he remains in limbo at a russian airport. i mean, this has all of the elements of a novel. we have the details. >> reporter: another embarrassment for the united states of america, as you say. president barack obama is in the middle of an african tour. he was forced to take questions about this. now, the immediate -- the thing he was responding to here was this question about an article over the weekend which alleged the united states has been actually bugging eu offices and has hacked into eu communications systems to figure out what eu officials have been communicating among themselves in terms of trade negotiations. the president said he's going to look into the specifics of that and get back to those countries with the details. but meanwhile, he sort of offered a blanket defense of spying in general. take a listen. >> i guarantee you that in european capitals, there are people who are interested if
president obama has been forced to respond. and russian president vladimir putin is maybe trying to cut a deal with snowden as he remains in limbo at a russian airport. i mean, this has all of the elements of a novel. we have the details. >> reporter: another embarrassment for the united states of america, as you say. president barack obama is in the middle of an african tour. he was forced to take questions about this. now, the immediate -- the thing he was responding to here was this...
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is delaying the employer mandate under the affordable care act, better known as obama care. the mandate requires companies with more than 50 full-time employees to offer health insurance or pay a $2,000 penalty, bill. >> joining us from washington with more details on this stunning development is our john harwood. john? >> it was a surprise. it's a setback for the administration that underscores the complexity of implementing this law not only for the administration but also for american business. it does not affect most american businesses and workers directly. why? because most businesses are smaller than 50 employees and aren't going to be affected by that mandate and most larger businesses already offer coverage without the mandate. here is zeke emmanuel, former health care official in the obama administration this morning on "squawk." >> i wish that the employer mandate first had been written differently in the legislation and, second of all-bnt postponed? yes. >> is the postponement going to be a major blow to getting 32 million more people health care coverage? i thin
is delaying the employer mandate under the affordable care act, better known as obama care. the mandate requires companies with more than 50 full-time employees to offer health insurance or pay a $2,000 penalty, bill. >> joining us from washington with more details on this stunning development is our john harwood. john? >> it was a surprise. it's a setback for the administration that underscores the complexity of implementing this law not only for the administration but also for...
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happy birthday usa next week and president obama i hope he gets to meet nelson mandela. i wish him all the best. >> i thought you were saying happy birthday to me, david, anyhow. >> my birthday's july 17th. >> congratulations. >> see you later. >> we'll come back with the closing countdown and try to bring order to this in a moment. >>> should you reposition your retirement portfolio or stick to your guns as we stick to the second half of the year. two retirement experts weighing in on important topics. >> and a panel of financial advisers. you got a question, tweet us @cnbcclosingbell. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you
happy birthday usa next week and president obama i hope he gets to meet nelson mandela. i wish him all the best. >> i thought you were saying happy birthday to me, david, anyhow. >> my birthday's july 17th. >> congratulations. >> see you later. >> we'll come back with the closing countdown and try to bring order to this in a moment. >>> should you reposition your retirement portfolio or stick to your guns as we stick to the second half of the year. two...
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i was delighted that president obama appointed ben bernanke for a second term. i was delighted he accepted it. and you know, i -- i'm delighted he's chairman of the fed right now. >> for another couple of months, anyway. let me ask you about china. have you been spending a lot of time in china since departeding washington. what do you make of the moves we've been seeing in china. we know things slowed down. how would you characterize the economy right now? then i want to ask you about reu.r u.s. relations and snowden and the development the last couple of weeks. >> there is a lot of reaction given the economics in china have slowed down. i lock at that through the lens of a glass half full. i think what the slow down shows is that the leaders know they need to reform the growth model. it is running out of steam. they know they need to reform their financial system. and they are willing to tolerate slower growth while they -- while they fix their financial system. and i am much more focused on the next three to five years, because i think that the good news is th
i was delighted that president obama appointed ben bernanke for a second term. i was delighted he accepted it. and you know, i -- i'm delighted he's chairman of the fed right now. >> for another couple of months, anyway. let me ask you about china. have you been spending a lot of time in china since departeding washington. what do you make of the moves we've been seeing in china. we know things slowed down. how would you characterize the economy right now? then i want to ask you about...
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like the join joint chiefs of sf to president obama do this or else. the military said you now have 48 hours with you and all the political parties to reach a compromise before we the army impose our own plan. the political parties are all arguing. the military said "the nation is in danger." just what we need, the military going to the radio waves, right? sparking angry response from president morsi supporters, which there are quite a they said the age of military coups is over. in case you haven't noticed. antigovernment protesters in cairo tahrir square chaired one military helicopters swooped overhead, trailing national flags and we're looking at this right now, we have this live feed coming through anytime anything happens here we will go right back to it. you can see there are now some tent set up. the issue becomes morsi took over for mubarak. everybody was very unhappy with president mubarak. here is the egyptian stock exchange, has dropped recently. right now as you see over the past month, past couple of days it has started to falter once aga
like the join joint chiefs of sf to president obama do this or else. the military said you now have 48 hours with you and all the political parties to reach a compromise before we the army impose our own plan. the political parties are all arguing. the military said "the nation is in danger." just what we need, the military going to the radio waves, right? sparking angry response from president morsi supporters, which there are quite a they said the age of military coups is over. in...
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the obama administration will be delaying business requirements. obamacare stocks are down. >> reporter: healthcare was down 4%, and many of the names were down respectively. liz: if anything, at alcoa. >> reporter: turns for the analysts around the fact that aluminum prices are coming down. david: ibm is up. that is one of the things that pulled the market up. about 17 points. having an effect on some stocks. that influence on what happens to the market. really doing a very nice job of holding the dowel up. liz: when you direct your attention to this and see all green on the screen, it was not ever thus. most of the indices definitely get into the red even though we get some very solid economic data. right now dow jones industrials pushing out again the day before the fourth of july. these numbers are still settling. the s&p staying above the flat line. the nasdaq better. the russell 2000. david: of the bad news and we are still in the green. here's a look in your front-page headlines. first-time u.s. jobless claims, good news. it fell 5,000 last
the obama administration will be delaying business requirements. obamacare stocks are down. >> reporter: healthcare was down 4%, and many of the names were down respectively. liz: if anything, at alcoa. >> reporter: turns for the analysts around the fact that aluminum prices are coming down. david: ibm is up. that is one of the things that pulled the market up. about 17 points. having an effect on some stocks. that influence on what happens to the market. really doing a very nice...